Exercise 11B, page 3 - English File Studetn's book, pre-intermediate, Oxford

3 LISTENING & SPEAKING

a Look at the photos. What style of jeans do you usually buy? What colour? Do you sometimes have problems finding the right ones?

JEANS: STYLE & FIT

ripped bootcut straight skinny boyfriend

b 11.14 Listen to a talk called Is too much choice making us unhappy? Does the speaker think the answer is yes or no?

c Listen again. What are the five main points in the talk? Choose a, b, or c.

1 Nowadays, it is ___ to buy jeans than in the past because there is so much choice.

a easier b more difficult c more fun

2 One of the examples the speaker gives of where we have a lot of choice today is ___.

a buying coffee in supermarkets b choosing which airline to travel with c finding a boyfriend or girlfriend

3 Research has shown that when we have a lot of choice we often ___.

a worry that we've chosen the wrong thing b can't decide what to buy c buy more than we really need

4 In another study, about jams, Professor Lepper found that people were happier when they had ___ jams to choose from than when they had 24.

a sixteen b six c sixty

5 Professor Lepper suggests that when we go shopping we should ___.

a do research in advance b look at all the options carefully c relax and choose quickly

d In your country is there a lot of choice in the following? Do you think it's a good or bad thing?

1 in supermarkets

2 on TV

3 in clothes shops

4 in coffee shops

5 in restaurants